yesterday evening was valborgmässoafton which is a holiday to welcome the month of may (aka spring - it's finally gotten kinda warm!). its also the day where there is a ceremony at every high school and college when the people graduating that year officially get to put on their studentmössor (student hats). it was magical
me and fellow 19yr old midwestern woman, kathryn went up to uppsala for the night where the first university in sweden was founded, over 500 years ago.
it's the place to be on vallborg, a night where everyone has bonfires and drinks a lot. tons of other young Stockholmites (?) also embarked on this journey. the usually quiet streets of the small town were filled with people all through the night.
we had deep conversation, drank a bottle of red wine each, wandered the streets talking to strangers (and friends) and then headed to ljuba's house for a midnight chat and knock outttt.
today is labor day in Sweden so some of the different political parties have marches and rallies, especially the more socialist ones including Vänsterpartiet which is the political party i am most fond of.
i got back to Stockholm in time to make it to the Vänsterpartiet gathering where i watched some politicians speak and bought this shirt:
at the end, some famous English-speaking Swedish rappers performed some songs, including this one:
i don't really know what this song is supposed to mean but as a side note, i'm definitely not communist